As this is my delegation's first
opportunity to address the General Assembly, I should like to congratulate you
most sincerely, Mr. President, on your election. Our congratulations go also
to the other officers of the Assembly. I am convinced that under your
leadership. Sir/ the General Assembly…
It is an honour for me to participate in this meeting of the General Assembly, on behalf of the 130 countries members of the Group of 77 and the People’s Republic of China, to discuss an issue of great importance to the third world, namely, the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa…
As the Assembly
w i l l r e c a l l , the f i r s t world-wide attempt to tackle the problems of human
settlements took place at the Vancouver Conference more than 11 years ago. I had
the great honour of being the Secretary-General of that Conference - the largest
held to date under the auspices…
The Assembly has spent a
Against: Israel, United States ef America.
Abstaining: Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Gabon, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay.
The sub-amendment was adopted by 116 votes to 2, with 11 abstentions.
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, and all delegations present for this gesture of :solidarity on the occasion of the passing of an outstanding citizen of my country.
NEW YORK
7. It is to some extent mere happenstance that many- indeed probably all-of you had the opportunity to come to kno…
Permit me first of all to convey the congratulations of my Government to Mr. Kittani on his election as President of the General Assembly. That action is an appropriate honouring of his country and of his dis- tinguished personal qualities. The Organization has placed its trust in a highly qualifiea…
The international community has gradually become convinced of the vital need for Member States to preserve within their geographic sphere the creativity of its peoples. National awareness i~ formed by memory. Nothing speaks more clearly to man than the creations of his ancestors, be it the caryatids…
I am deeply gratified to have the opportunity to come, on behalf of Colombia, to this exalted rostrum .from which distinguished spokesmen from many countries voice the policies and commitments of their Governments for the benefit of their youth.
108. I know that this is not mere routine, but rather…
On behalf of my Government, I should like to congratulate Mr. Salim on his election as Presi- dent of the thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly. Our Organization has thereby attempted to acknowledge the debt it owes to his country, the United Republic ofTanzania, and its illustrious …
The delegation of Co!ombia wishes to express to the United Nations Council for NalT'Jbia its appreciation of the work the Council has done as summed up in its report [A/33/24]. The Council has effectively fulfilled the mandate. of the General Assembly. In pattic- ular, it has ably represented the pe…
The delegation of Colombia wishes to reiterate its position <:>n the question of Namibia, which is again before the General Assembly for consideration. We do so with a certain scepticism, because in this Assembly and in another United Nations body, the Security Council, very clear provisions have be…
As on other occasions, the delegation of Co- lombia wishes to take part in this debate on apartheid in order to condemn once more that kind of racial policy which is in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, and which is indeed repungnant to those peoples that have achieved a minimum degree…
Since 20 years have elapsed since the Assembly convened the first United Nations Conference on the Law ·of the Sea, it is an appropriate moment to review the road travelled by the international community as it moves towards the adoption of common standards to regulate the conduct of States in the li…
The Assembly is con- sidering three draft resolutions on human rights violations. Each of them criticizes a certain country, singling it out as if the serious human rights violations that exist in so many regions of the world existed only therein.
235. The three draft resolutions refer to human rig…
In keeping with the principles of international law that have traditionally guided our policy, and in our desire to contribute to the search for ways and means that will enable us to fmd a settlement to the Middle East
conf1ict~ the R~public of Colombia has supported those decisions which; on the b…
My country feels that the election of Mr. Lazar Mojsov to the presidency. of this General Assem- bly is truly a felicitous decision. His intellectual and personal qualities represent the virtues of the Yugoslavs, a people which has upheld the image of the principles of its political organization but…
In the Third Committee my delegation voted in favour of this draft resolution as a whole while expressing several reservations in respect of paragraphs 3 and 4 of the operative part. On this occasion, since there was a request in the General Assembly for a separate vote on paragraph 3, my delegation…
It is a matter of great gcod fortune that the deliberations of this session of the Genera! Assembly are beingpresided overby Mr.Amerasinghe, who represents his country, SriLanka,with singular authority. Hisoutstanding human and intellectual qualities, as well as his brilliant performance at internat…
With understandable interest and growing indignation, international public opinion in the last few days has been considering a subject which for 30 yearshas been included in the agenda of the General Assembly, an item which was included at the initiative of Mrs. Pandit of India, when she warned us w…
In our opinion, the Acting Chief of Staff of the Truce Supervision Organization is the competent authority to judge the nature of any public works constructed in the demilitarized zone. In his report to us [S/3815] he states that he does not think he would be justified in asking for the removal of t…
